Parliament Flouts Laws?

Ghana’s legislature which has been powered by the constitution of the land to make laws for the entire citizenry has been caught flouting its own rules and regulations. An act which has been widely criticized by eye witnesses who realized its voluminous implications for generations to come.

They are therefore asking whether there is any good in voting for a group of people who are suppose to make laws for us to keep yet can’t keep their own internal bylaws.

The said act of disobedience of the law by our parliamentarians was championed by the first deputy speaker of the house, Hon. Freddy Blay who ought to have known better.

On Monday when the house met to deliberate on the day’s business, attendance was so poor that one of their own, Hon. Francis Agbotse had to draw the deputy speaker’s attention to the issue of quorum, for which reason he thinks that the sitting should be postponed.

In fact, section 48(1) and {2} of the house’ standing orders clearly states that if at the time of the commencement of official business of the house attendance is less than one third of the entire population of the house excluding the one presiding, and if a member draws the speaker’s attention to this, the speaker shall postpone sitting for 10 minutes and if after 10 minutes the house still does not form a quorum, the one presiding should adjourn sitting for the day.

However, this was not the case. Despite the fact that Hon. Agbotse drew the deputy speaker’s attention to the fact that only 12 out of the 230 member house was present in the house as at the time of its commencement, Hon. Blay, shunned him and allowed the sitting to go on .

Even though it was realized that most of the MPs dumped their responsibilities in the house to go and witness the commissioning of an uncompleted presidential palace for President JAK, the issue here is not about where the members were or why they were absent; it is about the gross disrespect for the law as displayed by a high profile personality as the First Deputy speaker of parliament who is known to be a responsible lawyer.

Okro Mouth insists that Freddy Blay has disrespected the people of Ghana and so must be made to apologize.

Do I have the support of someone here, say yeah…yeah!